Wyoming History

Yolanda

4th Grade

Hebard School

November 10, 2004

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Where is Wyoming?

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Wyoming State Facts

• Statehood date: July 10, 1890-44th State• Size in Square Miles: 97,914 square miles, 9th

largest state • Population: 493,782 (2000 Census) • Neighboring States: Montana, South Dakota, • Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Idaho • Average Temperature:

– In Winter 19°F– In Summer 67°F

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Wyoming State Facts

• Important Physical Features: Old Faithful,, Mirror Lake, Devils Tower, Green River, Flaming Gorge

• Capital: Cheyenne

• Largest City: Cheyenne

• State Nickname: Equality State, Cowboy State Big Wyoming,

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Wyoming State Facts

• Products: Beef cattle, Coal, Glass goods Gypsum, Corn, Refined oil, Chemicals, Natural gas, oil, Trona, wheat corn,

• Native Animals: Sheep, Dogs, Beavers, Elk, Deer, Moose, Black bears,

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Wyoming State Governor

• The governor of Wyoming is Dave Freudenthal.

• Born in Thermopolis, Wyoming in 1950

• The 54-year-old Democrat grew up on his family farm north of town.

• He is the seventh of eight children.

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Wyoming State BirdWestern meadowlark Sturnella neglecta

• Length: 8.5 inches • Sharply-pointed bill • Buff and brown head stripes • Yellow underparts with black "v"

on breast • White flanks with black streaks • Brown upperparts with black

streaks • Brown tail with white outer tail

feathers • Juvenile and winter plumages

somewhat duller • Frequents open habitats Click to

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Wyoming State Motto

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Wyoming state Flower Indian Paintbrush

• The Indian Paintbrush are perennial, biennial or annual herbs 15 - 60 cm high

• flowers are insignificant compared to the bracts which are brightly coloured red, yellow, pinkish, and

sometimes white There are at

• least 6 species of Indian Paintbrush found in the area and it is very hard to tell them apart

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Wyoming State Flag

• The colors of Wyoming’s Flag are:– Red

– White

– Blue

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Wyoming state Hero Nellie Tayloe Ross

• She died in 1977 at the age of 101. Interment was in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

• Mrs. Ross was an avid supporter of her husband • Nellie Tayloe Ross was born November 29,1876

near St. Joseph, Missouri. • She was the first woman to be Governor in

Wyoming.• She taught school for a few years in Omaha before

coming to Cheyenne in 1902, .

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Wyoming Mini-Timeline

• 1807--John Coulter becomes the first known person to explore the Yellowstone Park region.

• 1812--Robert Stuart of the Pacific Fur Company discovers South Pass, a pass through the Rocky Mountains.

• 1840--The last Rocky Mountain fur trapper’s rendezvous is held.• 1902--Shoshone, the first U.S. national forest, is founded in Wyoming.• 1924--The First National Bank of Cheyenne fails, one of 25 in the

state. The reasons cited are the low prices of cattle, crops, land, and high taxation.

• 1941-1945After the United States enters World War II, about 33,000 Wyoming men and women serve their country.

• 2000Wyoming Senator Dick Cheney was elected Vice President of the United States

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Wyoming State License PlateCreated by Me!

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Wyoming special because…The pony Express of the wild west. And the State tree It was the Only tree to grow and we have some of the spooky stories and the state Dinosaur is a triceratops and it very cool

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Wyoming Tourism

• Yellowstone National Park was the first Park in the United State.

• Devils Tower

• Hot Springs State park near Thermopolis Because wyoming’s First State park

• Fort Laramie

• Fort Washakie

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Wyoming Mining

• Wyoming also leads the country at mining trona and bentonite

• Wyoming is sixth at producing Natural Gas

• Wyoming ranks fourth in the country at producing oil

• Wyoming is number-one state for mining coal.

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Wyoming Agriculture

• Wyoming has about 9,000farms and ranches.

• Wyoming ranks ninth at harvesting dry beans.

• Beef cattle are Wyoming’s top farm product.

• Wheat, corn, and hay are other Wyoming Crops

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Wyoming State Tree

• The cottonwood traveled west with the seettlers.

• It was the only tree willing to grow in some spots on the prairies.

• The pioneers used this hardy and fast-growing tree to make their cabins, barns, corrals, and churches. From my first pocket guide Wyoming

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Wyoming Rivers

• Sweet Water River• Shoshone River• Powder River• Green River• Snake River

• Horse River • Missouri River • Bighorn River • North Platte River• Belle Fourche River

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Project Resources

• Map: KME and http://www.wyolinks.com/

• Technology Integration—Wyoming History

• Slide 2 link and follow directions in notes.

• General Wyoming State information.

• Wyoming Kid’s Page

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Wyoming State Standards Addressed:

• 4. Time Continuity, and Change– Students demonstrate an understanding of the people, events, problems, ideas and cultures that

were significant in the history of our community, state, nation, and world.• 5. People, Places and Environments

– Students demonstrate an understanding of interrelationships among people, places, economies, and environments.

• 6. Social Studies Processes and Skills– Students access, organize, synthesize, evaluate, and interpret information using appropriate

resources and technology to collaborate, make decisions, solve problems, and report results in any of a variety of formats.

• 7. Technology– Students demonstrate the ability to use the appropriate technology to access and process

information applying a variety of resources to the study of history, geography, economics, and social institutions.

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